A new Lockerbie Fellows program, established through a recently signed Memorandum of Agreement (MOU) between 网爆门 and the in Lockerbie, Scotland, will bring 10 Lockerbie students to campus each year to participate in Remembrance Week.

The program is designed to foster continued academic and cultural collaboration and exchange between the two institutions, whose longstanding relationship began in the aftermath of the 1988 over Lockerbie. The tragedy claimed the lives of 35 网爆门 students who were returning home after a semester abroad.

鈥淭his partnership reflects our enduring commitment to honoring the memory of those we lost while cultivating a meaningful, living connection between our two communities,鈥� says , vice chancellor, provost and chief academic officer at 网爆门. 鈥淲elcoming Lockerbie students to campus each year ensures that the bonds forged in the wake of tragedy continue to inspire acts of service, scholarship and shared humanity.鈥�

The Lockerbie Fellows program will begin in Fall 2026. Accompanied by two of their teachers, the fellows will visit campus in October and take part in Remembrance Week activities commemorating Pan Am 103 victims and promoting acts of service. During their visit, fellows will also have multiple opportunities to engage with University students and faculty.

Fellows will be selected by Lockerbie Academy administrators, ensuring that participants demonstrate academic excellence and a deep understanding of the Pan Am 103 tragedy and its significance to the Syracuse and Lockerbie communities.

All 网爆门 students are invited to learn more about the . Students planning to graduate in December 2026, May 2027 or summer 2027 are invited to apply now for the 2026-27 cohort.

The application deadline for the 2026-27 Remembrance Scholarship cohort is Friday, Jan. 16, 2026.

The Remembrance Scholarship is one of the highest honors a 网爆门 student can receive. Those selected are chosen on the basis of leadership, creativity, thoughtful academic inquiry and community impact, including through service to the military, ROTC, first responder, student government, campus clubs or other community organizations.

The 35 rising seniors chosen are each awarded a $5,000 Remembrance Scholarship, and are charged with helping to educate the campus community about the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988.

Scholars are expected to undertake meaningful service and to promote initiatives to combat hatred and extremism.听Through education, all 270 lost in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, especially our 35 students, are remembered and honored. The motto of the Remembrance Scholars is 鈥淟ook Back, Act Forward.鈥�

Who Can Apply?

Any 网爆门 undergraduate student who is in good academic standing and will graduate in either December 2026, May 2027 or summer 2027 is eligible to apply. Students self-nominate for this scholarship. This award is not tied to financial need.

Information Sessions

Information sessions will be held on the following dates and times:

• Tuesday, Dec. 2, from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. in MacNaughton Hall Room 201, Falk College of Sport
• Wednesday, Dec. 3, from 4 to 5 p.m. on (registration required)

At each session, current Remembrance Scholars will provide an overview of their experience, from the application stage to their participation in Remembrance Week.

To request accommodations for the information sessions, contact Tamara Hamilton at tnhami01@syr.edu.

Application Deadline

The application deadline is Friday, Jan. 16, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. EST.

Questions may be directed to remember@syr.edu.

Remembrance Scholar Jacqueline Arbogast 鈥�26, a television, radio and film major in the , grew up knowing about the Pam Am 103 bombing and the effect it had on the University community. Her mom, Michele, was a senior in the Newhouse School at that time and had friends who died in the tragedy.

The bombing, which happened on Dec. 21, 1988, over Lockerbie, Scotland, took the lives of 270 people, including 35 students returning from a semester of study abroad in London and Florence through the University鈥檚 Division of International Programs Abroad (now ).

鈥淢y mom remembers it like it was yesterday,鈥� Arbogast says. 鈥淟ike her, many others remember where they were and when they got the phone call that friends and family had passed. I want to remember the friends that my mother lost as well as all of those who were lost in the tragedy, to allow their lives to live on through the University and those who honor their memory.鈥�

To conclude Remembrance Week, Arbogast and her fellow 2025-26 Remembrance Scholars will be honored at the annual on Friday, Oct. 24, at 3 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel.

The convocation will be preceded by the annual at 2:03 p.m. at the Place of Remembrance, located in front of the Hall of Languages. American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation will be provided at the Rose-Laying Ceremony, and ASL and Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) will be provided at the convocation. The Rose-Laying Ceremony and convocation will be听.

Remembrance and Lockerbie Scholars

The Remembrance Scholarships are funded through an endowment supported by gifts from alumni, friends, parents and corporations. Significant support for the Remembrance Scholarships has been provided by C. Jean Thompson 鈥�66 and Board of Trustees Chairman Emeritus Richard L. Thompson G鈥�67, H鈥�15 in memory of Jean Taylor Phelan Terry 鈥�43 and John F. Phelan, Jean Thompson鈥檚 parents; the Fred L. Emerson Foundation; Deborah Barnes and Board of Trustees Chairman Emeritus Steven W. Barnes 鈥�82, H鈥�19; and the Syracuse Association of Zeta Psi in remembrance of Alexander Lowenstein.

Applicants for the $5,000 scholarship are asked to highlight their academic achievements, creative pursuits, leadership activities and community service. They also wrote essays and participated in interviews with members of the evaluation committee.

The Remembrance Scholars are joined on campus this week by the . This year鈥檚 scholars are 10 students from Lockerbie Academy who were chosen through a competitive process. During their time on campus, the Lockerbie Scholars, accompanied by Lockerbie Academy Head Teacher Brian Asher and Deputy Head Teacher Kerry Currie (a 1996-97 Lockerbie Scholar), are representing the 11 Lockerbie residents who died in the bombing and 2002-03 Lockerbie Scholar Andrew McClune, who died during his scholarship year in Syracuse. The Lockerbie Scholars will also be recognized at Friday鈥檚 convocation.

鈥楲ook Back, Act Forward鈥�

This is the 36th year of the Remembrance scholarships, which were established in the year following the tragedy. Since then, 1,280 scholarships have been awarded to Remembrance Scholars and 80 to Lockerbie Scholars.

The motto of the Remembrance Scholars is 鈥淟ook Back, Act Forward,鈥� and each scholar brings knowledge, perspective and lived experience to Remembrance.

For Remembrance Scholar Edward Lu 鈥�26, a music composition major in the , that motto encourages him to reflect on what it means to be a contemporary artist.

鈥淚 aim to honor my predecessors and their past contributions to composition while finding ways to push boundaries and envision fresh and exciting ideas,鈥� he says. 鈥淩emembrance has helped shape who I am as an artist and as an individual.鈥�

During his time at Syracuse, Remembrance Scholar Rohan Bangalore 鈥�26, a policy studies and law, society and policy major in the and , has worked with the Special Olympics basketball club.

鈥淕etting to know each athlete鈥攏ot just as a player but as a person鈥攔einforced my belief that everyone brings value when given the opportunity. Their example deepened my commitment to empathy, respect and public service,鈥� says Bangalore. 鈥淎s a Remembrance Scholar, I carry those lessons forward with gratitude. In law, policy or public service, I hope to honor those lost on Pan Am 103 through thoughtful, people-centered work.鈥�

Once Remembrance Week has concluded, Remembrance Scholars will continue to be engaged in 鈥淎ct Forward鈥� projects, the results of which will be shared with the University community in the spring.

The 2025-26 Remembrance Scholars are looking back and acting forward in a wide variety of ways to raise awareness about the impact of the Pan Am 103 bombing on Dec. 21, 1988, over Lockerbie, Scotland.

During their scholarship year, scholars are engaged in a broad range of 鈥淎ct Forward鈥� projects, including making a documentary on the impact of the bombing; recording podcasts that tell the stories of people affected by the tragedy; a participatory art project; developing a high school curriculum on media literacy; working with local senior citizens to chronicle their memories; developing a panel discussion on political violence and exploring the experiences of previous Remembrance Scholars.

“The 2025-26 Remembrance Scholars are embracing the program’s motto of “Look Back, Act Forward” through meaningful and innovative contributions to our community,” says Jolynn Parker, director of experiential learning and engagement.

Members of the University community will have an opportunity to learn more about the projects during the Act Forward Symposium on Thursday, Oct. 23, at 6 p.m. in the Allyn Innovation Center, located on the first floor of Link Hall. The event is one of several planned during this year鈥檚 Remembrance Week, the University鈥檚 annual commemoration of the tragedy.

This year marks the 37th anniversary of the bombing, which claimed the lives of 270 people, including 35 students returning from a semester of study abroad in London and Florence through the University鈥檚 Division of International Programs Abroad (now Syracuse Abroad). The Remembrance Scholars have planned events and activities to look back and educate on the ways they are acting forward.

The scholars will be joined by the 2025-26 Lockerbie Scholars on campus during the week. This year鈥檚 Lockerbie Scholars are 10 students from Lockerbie Academy who were chosen through a competitive process. During their time on campus, the Lockerbie Scholars, accompanied by Lockerbie Academy Head Teacher Brian Asher and Deputy Head Teacher Kerry Currie (a 1996-97 Lockerbie Scholar), will represent the 11 Lockerbie residents who died in the bombing and 2002-03 Lockerbie Scholar Andrew McClune, who died during his scholarship year in Syracuse.

Remembrance Week will be held Sunday, Oct. 19, through Saturday, Oct. 25. All activities are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted. For more information, visit .

Those who require accommodations to fully participate in these events should contact Tamara Hamilton at听315.443.4282 or听tnhami01@syr.edu. The week鈥檚 schedule is as follows:

听All Week听

• Empty Seats Display, Kenneth A. Shaw Quadrangle:听The Empty Seats Display is a visual representation of the 网爆门 students lost aboard Pan Am Flight 103. The exhibition is meant to serve as a reminder of how a loss in the past can inspire positive actions in the present. This year鈥檚 Remembrance Scholars and Lockerbie Scholars will sit in solidarity in the chairs for 35 minutes on Wednesday, Oct. 22, beginning at 2 p.m.
• Pen-and-ink drawings of the 网爆门 study abroad student victims will be on display in Hendricks Chapel.
• Blue and white flags, one for each of the 270 Pan Am 103 victims, will be on display in the area between the Newhouse School of Public Communications and Schine Student Center. Also, the Hall of Languages, Hendricks Chapel and the JMA Wireless Dome will be lit in blue in honor of Remembrance Week.

Sunday, Oct. 19

• Remembrance and Resilience, Hendricks Chapel, 4 p.m.: Setnor School of Music students will unite to honor the victims of violence and terrorism, including those who perished in the Pan Am 103 bombing. The concert is part of the Malmgren Concert Series and will be livestreamed on the chapel鈥檚 .
• Candlelight Vigil, Hendricks Chapel steps, 5:30 p.m.: The Remembrance Scholars will remember the 270 victims of Pan Am 103. American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation will be available for this event.

Wednesday, Oct. 22

• 鈥淪itting in Solidarity,鈥� Kenneth A. Shaw Quadrangle, 2 p.m.: The Remembrance and Lockerbie scholars will sit in the empty chairs on the Quad for 35 minutes.
• Film Screening, Huntington Beard Crouse Hall, Kittredge Auditorium, 7 p.m.: The British Broadcasting Corporation documentary 鈥淩eturn to Lockerbie With Lorraine Kelly鈥� will be presented, followed by a question-and-answer session.

Thursday, Oct. 23

• Act Forward Symposium, Allyn Innovation Center, first floor of Link Hall, 6 p.m.: The Remembrance Scholars will present posters that share their plans to 鈥渁ct forward鈥� through outreach, research, education and creative projects designed to benefit the community.
• Lockerbie Scholars Presentation, 160 Link Hall, 7 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 24

• Rose-Laying Ceremony, Place of Remembrance, 2:03 p.m.: American Sign Language interpretation will be available for this event. The Rose-Laying Ceremony and Remembrance Convocation will be .
• Remembrance Scholar Convocation, Hendricks Chapel, 3 p.m.: 鈥婽his annual convocation will honor the 2025-26 Remembrance and Lockerbie Scholars. ASL interpretation and CART will be available. A reception in the Allyn Innovation Center, located on the first floor of Link Hall, will immediately follow.

网爆门 and Lockerbie Academy are renewing and strengthening their longstanding partnership through a reimagined initiative that will bring Lockerbie students to Syracuse for a full academic year. This enhanced program deepens the bond between the two communities, forged in the aftermath of the Pan Am Flight 103 terrorist attack on Dec. 21, 1988, which claimed 270 lives鈥攊ncluding 35 网爆门 students studying abroad in London and Florence.

Beginning in the Fall 2026 semester, two students from Lockerbie Academy will be selected each year to receive the Lockerbie Scholarship. Recipients will be chosen by a joint committee of 网爆门 and Lockerbie Academy representatives, using elevated selection criteria based on rigorous academic standards. The selected students will demonstrate academic excellence and a deep understanding of the Pan Am Flight 103 tragedy, which continues to shape both communities.

鈥淭his new and revitalized partnership with Lockerbie Academy honors the memory of those lost in the terrorist attack, while also supporting the educational aspirations of Lockerbie students,鈥� says Lois Agnew, interim vice chancellor, provost and chief academic officer. 鈥淥ur new approach preserves the program鈥檚 most cherished traditions while ensuring we bring students to campus who are prepared to fully engage with the academic, co-curricular and extra-curricular opportunities Syracuse offers.鈥�

Brian Asher, headteacher at Lockerbie Academy, says: 鈥溚� has, since the terrible events of Dec. 21, 1988, held a special place in the heart of Lockerbie. We re-forge our bond in honor of all those who were lost that night. We act forward in their memory. I am excited to work with our 网爆门 colleagues on behalf of the Academy as we build on our shared past, towards a shared future.鈥�

The University and Lockerbie Academy anticipate the renewed collaboration will continue through at least 2028, aligning with the 40th anniversary of the Lockerbie Scholarship Program and its enduring impact on both communities.

Although there will be no Lockerbie Scholars on campus during the 2025-26 academic year, Syracuse will welcome a group of 10 students and two sponsors from Lockerbie Academy in October 2025 for Remembrance Week.

鈥淭heir visit will both commemorate Remembrance Week and celebrate the strong and ongoing bond between Lockerbie and 网爆门,鈥� Agnew says.

This year marks the 36th anniversary of the bombing of Pan Am 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, on Dec. 21, 1988. The 2024-25 Remembrance and Lockerbie Scholars have planned events and activities to look back and remember the 270 people who lost their lives in the tragedy, and to educate on the ways they are acting forward.

Remembrance Week, the annual weeklong series of events, will be held Sunday, Oct. 20, through Saturday, Oct. 26. Remembrance Week events are meant to memorialize the victims and further educate the campus community about terrorism. All activities are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted. For more information, visit .

Those who require accommodations to fully participate in these events should contact Radell Roberts at听315.443.0221 or听rrober02@syr.edu. The schedule is as follows:

听All Week听

• Empty Seats Display, Kenneth A. Shaw Quadrangle:听The Empty Seats Display is a visual representation of the 网爆门 students lost aboard Pan Am Flight 103. The exhibition is meant to serve as a reminder of how a loss in the past can inspire positive actions in the present. This year鈥檚 Remembrance Scholars will sit in solidarity in the chairs for 35 minutes on Wednesday, Oct. 23, beginning at 2 p.m.
• Pen-and-ink drawings of the 网爆门 study abroad student victims will be on display in Hendricks Chapel.
• Blue and white flags, one for each of the 270 Pan Am 103 victims, will be on display in the area between the Newhouse School and Schine Student Center. Also, the Hall of Languages, Hendricks Chapel and the JMA Wireless Dome will be lit in blue in honor of Remembrance Week.

Sunday, Oct. 20

• 鈥淓ach Moment Radiant,鈥� Hendricks Chapel 4 p.m.: The Malmgren Concert Series will feature the world premiere of 鈥淓ach Moment Radiant,鈥� a newly commissioned chamber work by composer Kurt Erickson and poet Brian Turner commemorating the Pan Am Flight 103 air disaster. Setnor School of Music faculty and guest musicians will perform Erickson and Turner鈥檚 song cycle 鈥淗ere, Bullet鈥� and Johannes Brahms鈥� piano trio in C minor.
• 鈥淗ealing Trauma Through Poetry and Music,鈥� National Veterans Resource Center at the Daniel and Gayle D鈥橝niello Building, 5:30 p.m.: Composer Kurt Erickson and poet Brian Turner will lead a reception and discussion on the genesis and creative process behind 鈥淗ere, Bullet鈥� and 鈥淓ach Moment Radiant.鈥�

These events are co-sponsored by the Syracuse Symposium, the D鈥橝niello Institute for Veterans and Military Families, the Office of Veteran and Military Affairs, the Society for New Music, the Setnor School of Music and the Remembrance and Lockerbie Scholars. The commission for 鈥淓ach Moment Radiant鈥� was made possible through the CNY Arts Grants for Regional Arts and Cultural Engagement regrant program thanks to a New York State Senate Initiative supported by the NYS Legislature, the Office of the Governor and administered by the New York State Council on the Arts.

• , Place of Remembrance, 7 p.m.: The Remembrance and Lockerbie Scholars will begin Remembrance Week activities with a candlelight vigil to remember the 270 victims of Pan Am 103.

Wednesday, Oct. 23

• 鈥淪itting in Solidarity,鈥� Kenneth A. Shaw Quadrangle, 2 p.m.: The Remembrance and Lockerbie scholars will sit in the empty chairs on the Quad for 35 minutes.

Thursday, Oct. 24

• Act Forward Symposium, Huntington Beard Crouse Hall atrium (outside Gifford Auditorium), 7 p.m.: The Remembrance Scholars will present posters that share their plans to 鈥渁ct forward鈥� through outreach, research, education and creative projects designed to benefit the community.
• , Gifford Auditorium, Huntington Beard Crouse Hall, 8 p.m.: An evening of music, poetry, art, dancing and more to honor the victims of Pan Am 103 and to celebrate life alongside the victims鈥� families and the current scholars. American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation and Communication Access Real-Time Translation (CART) will be available for this event.

Friday, Oct. 25

• 鈥淚n The Aftermath: Documenting and Researching Victim Support Groups,鈥� Peter Graham Scholarly Commons, 114 Bird Library, and Zoom (), 10 a.m.: A panel discussion focusing on the collection, preservation and use of important records of the aftermath of tragedies and disasters. Organized by the Pan Am Flight 103/Lockerbie Air Disaster Archives at the Special Collections Research Center and moderated by Vanessa St.Oegger-Menn, Pan Am 103 archivist and assistant University archivist. Panelists are Jelena Watkins, co-director of the Centre for Collective Trauma in the United Kingdom and member of the Archiving Disaster Support Group Records project team, and Ezra Rudolph, research associate for Contemporary and Cultural History at the University of G枚ttingen in Germany. Both will talk about their work and experiences and share insights into the lasting significance and unique challenges of victim support group records in documenting the aftermath of tragic events. A question-and-answer session will follow the moderated discussion. CART will be provided. If you require accessibility accommodations, email Max Wagh at mlwagh@syr.edu by Friday, Oct. 18.
• , Place of Remembrance, 2:03 p.m.: This annual ceremony remembers the 270 people, including 35 students studying abroad through 网爆门, who were killed in the Dec. 21, 1988, bombing. The ceremony also honors 2002-03 Lockerbie Scholar Andrew McClune, who died in 2002. American Sign Language interpretation will be available for this event.
• Remembrance Scholar Convocation, Hendricks Chapel, 3 p.m.: 鈥婽his annual convocation will honor the 2024-25 Remembrance and Lockerbie Scholars. ASL interpretation and CART will be available for this event. A reception in the Strasser Legacy Room, 220 Eggers Hall, will immediately follow.

Julie Friend 鈥�92 was a sophomore studying speech communication in the when Pan Am Flight 103 went down over Lockerbie, Scotland, on Dec. 21, 1988. Friend and her roommate, Beth, were sitting in Cosmo鈥檚 Pizza on Marshall Street when the breaking news alert came on television.

The two sought comfort and community at , the spiritual heart of campus, mourning the tragic loss of life with the remaining students, faculty and staff members who hadn鈥檛 departed for winter break.

Friend would eventually become part of the first cohort of and the traditions surrounding Remembrance Week.

鈥淩emembrance Week is such a wonderful way to pay tribute to the students and their families, and to instill the impact of the event on Syracuse as an institution. Syracuse could have decided to quietly give out scholarships and not acknowledge the incident, but I鈥檓 so proud of the institution for going the other way, embracing the people impacted by this tragedy and embracing the impact this had on our campus community. By making this a celebration of the lives lost means their memories will last forever,鈥� says Friend, who represented .

“Look back. Act forward.”

Those words influence how 网爆门’s Remembrance and Lockerbie Scholars honor and celebrate the lives of the people who were killed during the terrorist bombing of Pan Am Flight 103.

This year marks the 35th anniversary of the bombing, which claimed the lives of 270 people, including 35 Syracuse students who were on their way home following a semester abroad.

Each October, the University community comes together during Remembrance Week events and activities鈥攑lanned by that year鈥檚 cohort of Remembrance and Lockerbie Scholars鈥攖o memorialize the victims and further educate the campus community about terrorism.

The impact of being a Remembrance Scholar lives on in Friend and her fellow scholars.

Today, as director of global safety and security at Northwestern University, Friend developed a comprehensive, universitywide approach to international risk management, including for the university鈥檚 students who study abroad. She wrote the industry standard on how colleges and universities respond to the death of a student abroad.

鈥淎bsolutely there鈥檚 a tie between my work and my time as a Remembrance Scholar. I think about that whenever I鈥檓 dealing with a student in crisis abroad. Knowing the parents of the Pan Am Flight 103 victims experienced the ultimate tragedy a parent can experience when their student goes to college, I think about these family members too, and what they might be going through. It is important for me to put myself in the shoes of those parents so I can be the best I can at my job,鈥� Friend says.

Hannah (Visnosky) Rafferty 鈥�16 and Luke Rafferty 鈥�16 firmly believe they never would have met were it not for the Remembrance Scholars program. The encounter had life-changing ramifications for both Hannah, who earned a sport management degree from the , and Luke, who earned a photography degree from the .

Today, the two are happily married and co-run a video production company, Filmiamo Productions, that tells the stories of successful companies, brands and individuals. They鈥檙e also raising their Orange goldendoodle, 鈥淲averly,鈥� named for the street where their Remembrance Scholars meetings took place inside Bird Library.

鈥淲hen terrorists perform acts of terror, their goal is to instill fear and terrorize a community. The students that we represent didn’t get their chance at love, they didn’t get their chance at having an adulthood. While the terrorists were trying to harm and hurt people, Syracuse, in creating the Remembrance program, created something good out of this terrible situation. This allows us to talk about the victims of Pan Am 103 and honor their lives through us telling our story of how we met,鈥� says Hannah, who represented .

鈥淧eople of a certain generation remember Pan Am 103, but people of the newer generation don鈥檛 really know what happened that day. We get to provide that context and tell them that story to make sure those 35 网爆门 students are always remembered and never forgotten. The student I represented [] wanted to be a photojournalist telling the types of stories Hannah and I do with our video production company. The Remembrance Scholar program gave me something powerful, and I’ve carried that with me well past graduation,鈥� adds Luke.

On this 鈥�’Cuse Conversation,鈥� these alumni reflect on the significant impact the Remembrance Scholars program had on them, share their stories of why they wanted to become Remembrance Scholars, and explain how they continue to honor the lives of the University students who died on the flight.

Friend recalls what it was like on campus in the aftermath of the incident and how there was an empty feeling when students returned to campus to start the spring semester. She also describes how powerful and emotional it was when the University marked the 30-year anniversary of the incident in 2018.

Hannah and Luke share how being Remembrance Scholars helped their Orange love story blossom. They also discuss the personal significance of both the Place of Remembrance鈥攚here each year the Syracuse community gathers for a candlelight vigil and rose-laying ceremony鈥攁nd the Remembrance Wall鈥攚hich features the names of the 35 Syracuse students who died.

Check out episode 152 of the . A transcript [PDF]听is also available.

The annual Convocation for Remembrance Scholars, honoring 35 outstanding students from this year鈥檚 senior class, will be held Friday, Oct. 20, at 3 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel.

The convocation will be preceded by the annual Rose-Laying Ceremony at 2:03 p.m. at the Place of Remembrance, located in front of the Hall of Languages. This ceremony memorializes the 270 people, including several students studying abroad through 网爆门, who were killed in the Dec. 21, 1988, bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. The ceremony also honors 2002-03 Lockerbie Scholar Andrew McClune, who died in 2002.

American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation will be provided at the Rose-Laying Ceremony, and ASL and Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) will be provided at the convocation. The convocation will be听.

The Remembrance Scholarships are funded through an endowment supported by gifts from alumni, friends, parents and corporations. Significant support for the Remembrance Scholarships has been provided by C. Jean Thompson 鈥�66 and 网爆门 Board of Trustees Chairman Emeritus Richard L. Thompson G鈥�67, H鈥�15 in memory of Jean Taylor Phelan Terry 鈥�43 and John F. Phelan, Jean Thompson鈥檚 parents; the Fred L. Emerson Foundation; Deborah Barnes and 网爆门 Board of Trustees Chairman Emeritus Steven W. Barnes 鈥�82, H鈥�19; and the Syracuse Association of Zeta Psi in remembrance of our brother, Alexander Lowenstein.

Applicants for the $5,000 scholarship are asked to highlight their academic achievements, creative pursuits, leadership activities and community service. They also wrote essays and participated in interviews with members of the selection committee.

Additionally, each year, two students from Lockerbie are selected as Lockerbie Scholars. They spend one year studying at 网爆门 on a scholarship before returning to the United Kingdom to complete their university degrees. Both 网爆门 and the Lockerbie Trust support this award. This year鈥檚 scholars, Joshua Halliday and Tristan Woolley, will be recognized at the convocation.

Lois Agnew, associate provost for academic affairs and professor of writing and rhetoric in the College of Arts and Sciences, will preside over the convocation. Messages will be delivered by the Rt. Honorable David Mundell, member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and Vice Chancellor, Provost and Chief Academic Officer Gretchen Ritter. A Remembrance Scholar will speak on behalf of the group.

The 2023-24 Remembrance Scholars, their hometowns and majors are the following:

• Nicole Aponte of Franklin Square, New York, a broadcast and digital journalism major in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications;
• Christian Bevilacqua of Norwich, Connecticut, a social studies education and geography major in the School of Education, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, and College of Arts and Sciences;
• Nina Chen of Palo Alto, California, a fashion design major in the College of Visual and Performing Arts;
• Dominic Chiappone of Miami, Florida, a history major in the Maxwell School and College of Arts and Sciences and a broadcast and digital journalism major in the Newhouse School;
• Sophie Creager-Roberts of Charlottesville, Virginia, an environment, sustainability and policy major and history major in the Maxwell School and College of Arts and Sciences and member of the Ren茅e Crown University Honors Program;
• Daniela Dorado of Bogot谩, Colombia, an advertising major in the Newhouse School;
• Mia-Marie Fields of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, a biomedical engineering major in the College of Engineering and Computer Science;
• Guerdyna Gelin of Port Chester, New York, a policy studies major in the Maxwell School and College of Arts and Sciences and member of the Ren茅e Crown University Honors Program;
• Alison Gilmore of South Abington Township, Pennsylvania, a sport analytics major in the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics;
• Miguel Guzman of Lima, Peru, a biotechnology major in the College of Arts and Sciences and member of the Ren茅e Crown University Honors Program;
• Ka鈥檃i Imaikalani I of Nu鈥檜anu, Hawaii, a policy studies and international relations major in the Maxwell School and College of Arts and Sciences;
• Benjamin Johnson of Stafford, Virginia, a computer engineering major in the College of Engineering and Computer Science and member of the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps;
• Kyle Kalmar of Fort Collins, Colorado, a student in the School of Architecture;
• Beizhou Li of Jiangsu, China, a political science and economics major in the Maxwell School and College of Arts and Sciences;
• Lucio Maffei of West Orange, New Jersey, a political philosophy and ethics major in the Maxwell School and College of Arts and Sciences and a member of the Ren茅e Crown University Honors Program;
• Grant Maxheimer of Linden, Michigan, an international relations and citizenship and civic engagement major in the Maxwell School and College of Arts and Sciences and member of the Ren茅e Crown University Honors Program;
• Thomas Mitchell Mazza of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, a neuroscience and psychology major in the College of Arts and Sciences and member of the Ren茅e Crown University Honors Program;
• Aiden McGorry of New York, New York, a student in the School of Architecture;
• Jovanni Mosca of Corinth, New York, a computer science major in the College of Engineering and Computer Science and member of the Ren茅e Crown University Honors Program;
• Aidan O鈥機onnell of Manchester, New Hampshire, a political science major in the Maxwell School and College of Arts and Sciences;
• Motolani Oladitan of Lagos, Nigeria, a psychology major in the College of Arts and Sciences and member of the Ren茅e Crown University Honors Program;
• Sofia Rodriguez of Miami Gardens, Florida, a communication and rhetorical studies major in the College of Visual and Performing Arts;
• Emily Saad of Allentown, Pennsylvania, a finance major in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management, a creative advertising major in the Newhouse School and a member of the Ren茅e Crown University Honors Program;
• Katarina Sako of Buffalo, New York, a neuroscience and biology major in the College of Arts and Sciences and member of the Ren茅e Crown University Honors Program;
• Elliot Salas of Houston, Texas, an electrical engineering major in the College of Engineering and Computer Science;
• Mary Schieman of Mentor, Ohio, an environmental engineering major in the College of Engineering and Computer Science;
• Emily Shuman of Durham, New Hampshire, a human development and family science major in the Falk College;
• Hannah Skelton of North Caldwell, New Jersey, a political science and citizenship and civic engagement major in the Maxwell School and College of Arts and Sciences;
• Hannah Starorypinski of Emmaus, Pennsylvania, a political science major in the Maxwell School and College of Arts and Sciences and member of the Ren茅e Crown University Honors Program;
• Otto Sutton of Corning, New York, a political science, political philosophy and history major in the Maxwell School and College of Arts and Sciences;
• Anna Terzaghi of Sydney, Australia, an anthropology and international relations major in the Maxwell School and College of Arts and Sciences and member of the Ren茅e Crown University Honors Program;
• Madison Wallace of Bedford, New Hampshire, a biology and neuroscience major in the College of Arts and Sciences and member of the Ren茅e Crown University Honors Program;
• Emily Weaver of Mount Morris, New York, an Earth and environmental sciences and forensic science major in the College of Arts and Sciences; an anthropology major in the Maxwell School and College of Arts and Sciences; a member of the Ren茅e Crown University Honors Program and a member of the Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps;
• Xibo Xu of Jiangsu, China, an applied data analytics major in the School of Information Studies and an international relations major in the Maxwell School and College of Arts and Sciences; and
• Zhiyun (Alita) Zhang of Shanxi, China, a psychology and linguistic studies major in the College of Arts and Sciences.

This year marks the 35th anniversary of the bombing of Pan Am 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, on Dec. 21, 1988. The 2023-24 Remembrance and Lockerbie Scholars have planned events and activities to remember the 270 people who lost their lives in the tragedy.

Remembrance Week, the annual weeklong series of events planned by the Remembrance and Lockerbie Scholars, will be held Sunday, Oct. 15, through Saturday, Oct. 21. Remembrance Week events are meant to memorialize the victims and further educate the campus community about terrorism. All activities are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted. For more information, visit听. Those who require accommodations to fully participate in these events should contact Heather Ryerson at听315.443.5725 or by email at听hmryerso@syr.edu. The schedule is as follows:

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• , sixth floor of Bird Library, on display through Jan. 6, 2024: Curated by Pan Am 103 Archivist Vanessa St. Oegger-Menn, the exhibition documents the Dec. 21, 1988, bombing of Pan Am 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. The exhibition features materials donated to the Pan Am 103/Lockerbie Air Disaster Archives at the Special Collections Research Center by the victims鈥� loved ones and members of the investigative teams. The exhibition provides an overview of the disaster, investigation and first trial at Kamp van Zeist in the Netherlands. For more information or to request a tour, email pa103archives@syr.edu or call 315.443.0632.
• Empty Seats Display, Kenneth A. Shaw Quadrangle: The Empty Seats are the visual representation of the 网爆门 students lost aboard Pan Am Flight 103. The exhibition is meant to serve as a reminder of how a loss in the past can inspire positive actions in the present. This year鈥檚 Remembrance Scholars will sit in solidarity in the chairs on Wednesday, Oct. 18, beginning at 9:15 a.m.
• Pen-and-ink drawings of the 网爆门 study abroad student victims will be on display in Hendricks Chapel.
• Blue and white flags, one for each of the Pan Am 103 victims, will be on display in the area between the Newhouse School and Schine Student Center. Also, the Hall of Languages, Hendricks Chapel and the JMA Wireless Dome will be lit in blue in honor of Remembrance Week.

Sunday, Oct. 15

• , Place of Remembrance, 6 p.m.: The Remembrance and Lockerbie Scholars will begin Remembrance Week activities with a Candlelight Vigil to remember the 270 victims of Pan Am 103. In the event of rain, the vigil will be held inside Hendricks Chapel.

Monday, Oct. 16

• , Shaw Quad, 9 a.m.: Members of the University community are invited to paint stones that will be placed on top of the Wall of Remembrance during the Rose-Laying Ceremony on Friday, Oct. 20.

Wednesday, Oct. 18

• 鈥淪itting in Solidarity,鈥� Kenneth A. Shaw Quadrangle, 9:15 a.m.: The Remembrance and Lockerbie scholars will sit in the empty chairs on the Quad for 35 minutes.
• 7 p.m., Gifford Auditorium, Huntington Beard Crouse Hall: The documentary tells the story of 鈥淒ark Elegy,鈥� the memorial created by Suse Lowenstein, whose son, Alexander, was killed in the Pan Am 103 bombing. A question-and-answer session with filmmaker Jill Campbell will follow.

Thursday, Oct. 19

• , Gifford Auditorium, Huntington Beard Crouse Hall, 8 p.m.: An evening of music, poetry, art, dancing and more to honor the victims of Pan Am 103 and to celebrate life alongside the victims鈥� families and the current scholars. American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation and Communication Access Real-Time Translation will be available for this event.

Friday, Oct. 20

• 鈥�, Place of Remembrance,听2:03 p.m.: This annual ceremony remembers the 270 people, including 35 students studying abroad through 网爆门, who were killed in the Dec. 21, 1988, bombing. The ceremony also honors 2002-03 Lockerbie Scholar Andrew McClune, who died in 2002. American Sign Language interpretation will be available for this event.

• Remembrance Scholar Convocation, Hendricks Chapel, 3 p.m.鈥�: This annual convocation will honor the 2023-24 Remembrance and Lockerbie Scholars. ASL interpretation and Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) will be available for this event. A reception at the 网爆门 Art Museum Galleria in the Shaffer Art Building will immediately follow.

Saturday, Oct. 21

• Remembrance and Lockerbie scholars will perform community service in downtown Syracuse with We Rise Above the Streets.

This year marks the 34th anniversary of the bombing of Pan Am 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, on Dec. 21, 1988. The 2022-23 Remembrance and Lockerbie Scholars have planned events and activities to remember the 270 people who lost their lives in the tragedy.

Remembrance Week, the annual weeklong series of events planned by the Remembrance and Lockerbie Scholars, will be held Sunday, Oct. 16, through Saturday, Oct. 22. Remembrance Week events are meant to memorialize the victims and further educate the campus community about terrorism. All activities are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted. For more information, visit听. Those who require accommodations to fully participate in these events should contact Heather Ryerson at听315.443.5725 or by email at hmryerso@syr.edu. The schedule is as follows:

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• 35 Empty Seats Display, Kenneth A. Shaw Quadrangle
  The 35 Empty Seats are the visual representation of the 35 网爆门 students lost aboard Pan Am Flight 103. The exhibition is meant to serve as a reminder of how a loss in the past can inspire positive actions in the present. This year鈥檚 Remembrance Scholars will sit in solidarity in the chairs on Monday, Oct. 17, beginning at 1:28 p.m.
• Pen-and-ink drawings of the 35 网爆门 study abroad student victims will be on display in Hendricks Chapel.
• Blue and white flags, one for each of the Pan Am 103 victims, will be on display in the area between the Newhouse School and Schine Student Center. Also, the Hall of Languages, Hendricks Chapel and the JMA Wireless Dome will be lit in blue in honor of Remembrance Week.

Sunday, Oct. 16

• Music and Message, Hendricks Chapel, 4 p.m. and听Candlelight Vigil, Hendricks Chapel to the Place of Remembrance, 5:30 p.m.
  The Remembrance and Lockerbie Scholars will begin Remembrance Week activities with a Music and Message collaboration with Hendricks Chapel that addresses themes of hope, resilience and action in the face of tragedy. The evening will conclude with a Remembrance Candlelight Vigil beginning at Hendricks Chapel and concluding at the Place of Remembrance.

Monday, Oct. 17

• 鈥淪itting in Solidarity,鈥� Kenneth A. Shaw Quadrangle, 1:28 p.m.
  The Remembrance and Lockerbie Scholars will sit in the 35 empty chairs on the Quad for 35 minutes.

Tuesday, Oct. 18

• 鈥淟ook Back, Act Forward Mural,鈥� 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Schine Student Center

Wednesday, Oct. 19

• 鈥淟ook Back, Act Forward Mural,鈥� 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Schine Student Center
• Screening of 鈥淪eat 20D,鈥� 7 p.m., Gifford Auditorium, Huntington Beard Crouse Hall
  The documentary tells the story of 鈥淒ark Elegy,鈥� the memorial created by Suse Lowenstein, whose son, Alexander, was killed in the Pan Am 103 bombing.

Thursday, Oct. 20

• Celebration of Life鈥�, K.G. Tan Auditorum, National Veterans Resource Center at the Daniel and Gayle D鈥橝niello Building, 7 p.m. (doors open at 6:30 p.m.)
  An evening of music, poetry, art, dancing and more to honor the victims of Pan Am 103 and to celebrate life alongside the victims鈥� families and the current scholars. American Sign Language interpretation will be available for this event.

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• Lecture on 鈥淭rauma, Identity, Community and the 1988 Lockerbie Bombing,鈥� Peter Graham Scholarly Commons, 114 Bird Library, 10 a.m.
  Researchers/criminologists Andy Clark of Newcastle University and Colin Atkinson of the University of the West of Scotland will discuss their recent criminological oral history research with first responders to the Lockerbie disaster site. This presentation is sponsored by the Pan Am Flight 103/Lockerbie Air Disaster Archives at the 网爆门 Libraries鈥� Special Collections Research Center. Communication Access Real-Time (CART) will be provided.

• Rose-Laying Ceremony鈥�, Place of Remembrance,听2:03 p.m.
  This annual ceremony remembers the 270 people, including 35 students studying abroad through 网爆门, who were killed in the Dec. 21, 1988, bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. The ceremony also honors 2002-03 Lockerbie Scholar Andrew McClune, who died in 2002. ASL interpretation will be available for this event.
• Remembrance Scholar Convocation, Hendricks Chapel, 3 p.m.鈥�
  This annual convocation will honor the 2022-23 Remembrance and Lockerbie Scholars. ASL interpretation and CART translation will be available for this event. A reception at the SU Art Museum Galleria in the Shaffer Art Building will immediately follow.

Additionally, please look for upcoming dialogue-based events to be announced soon.

网爆门 Libraries鈥� Pan Am Flight 103/Lockerbie Air Disaster Archives, part of the Special Collections Research Center, is sponsoring a public lecture on Friday, Oct. 21, from 10 to 11 a.m. in the Peter Graham Scholarly Commons in Bird Library, Room 114. The lecture, 鈥淚t was known as the place where nothing ever happens. But it did. It did: trauma, identity, community and the 1988 Lockerbie bombing,鈥� is part of the University鈥檚 Remembrance Week 2022 programming.

The lecture will feature Dr. Andy Clark of Newcastle University and Dr. Colin Atkinson of the University of the West of Scotland. They will discuss their recent criminological oral history research with first responders to the Lockerbie disaster site. Drawing upon an attentiveness to sensory experiences and the role of the senses in memory, they discuss three themes that emerged through their research interviews: the ways in which the event, and the memories of disaster scene, are narrated by responders through the lens of trauma and emotional response; the role of identity鈥攑articularly professional identity鈥攊n the narratives of responders; and the role of community in capturing the collective belonging of first-responders who were brought together as a result of the Lockerbie bombing. Themes discussed will resonate with other communities who have suffered through disasters.

This year marks the 34th anniversary of the bombing of Pan Am 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, on Dec. 21, 1988. Each year, the University鈥檚 Remembrance Week honors the 270 people, including 35 students studying abroad through the University, who lost their lives in the tragedy. The Pan Am Flight 103/Lockerbie Air Disaster Archives in the Libraries鈥� Special Collections Research Center collects, preserves, and provides access to materials that document the bombing and its aftermath, and provides a place to personalize and honor the 270 victims, their families, and communities.

About the Presenters

Dr. Andy Clark is a researcher with the Oral History Unit at Newcastle University, England. He has led several oral history projects on work, the labor movement, women鈥檚 history, factory closures, organized crime and, since 2019, the Lockerbie disaster. In 2021, Clark was awarded a prestigious New Investigator Award from the Economic and Social Research Council. His first book, “Fighting Deindustrialisation,” will be published by Liverpool University Press in November. Clark was born and raised in Greenock, Scotland, the town where convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi served his prison sentence prior to release in 2009, and the international media attention on the town sparked his initial interest in learning more about the tragedy.

Dr. Colin Atkinson is a senior lecturer in criminology and criminal justice at the University of the West of Scotland. Before joining the University of the West of Scotland, he held the position of research fellow at the University of Glasgow. Colin鈥檚 research interests focus mainly upon the intersection of crime, policing, intelligence and security, particularly as these issues relate to terrorism and organized crime. Colin has a professional background in intelligence analysis and counterterrorism in Scotland and worked alongside several police officers with first-hand experience of the response to the Lockerbie disaster.

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